Re: RE:GeForce4 MX
El jue, 23-01-2003 a las 06:22, dbalder@pacbrands.com.au escribió:
> >Hey everyone,
>
> >I just upgraded from a GeForceDDR to a GeForce4 MX and of course my XWindows
> >system stopped working. I checked out the log, and it seems that the nv
> >driver i'm using only wants to work on nvidia cards up to the GeForce3, at
> >least taht's what the string listing the supported cards says. Do i really
> >need a new driver, and if so, how do i get it and load it?
>
> >Chris~
> ~~~~~~~~
>
>
> Hi Chris,
>
> I have GeForce4 MX card and I got it working by forst downloading the latest drivers from nvidia website.
>
> I have not tried the nv driver, but I googled and the only alternative was vesa driver. It's your call, anyway.
>
> This is what worked for me.
>
> You will be downloading two files: nvidia-kernel and nvidia-GLX (there will be number next to it that has to be matched).
>
> Please note that these are non-free (as in free speech), but they work (until someone writes a GPL implementation).
>
> Download tarballs of course.
>
> Once you download them, you can compile them by running make install.
>
> After that comes the debian-specific step.
>
> go to /etc/modules.conf and in the last line put as follows:
>
> alias char-major-195 nvidia
>
> This will get the card working.
>
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
>
> Davor
>
>
The documentation under /usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel and
/usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx is very usefull. I added the commands that
this docs contain to my kernel upgrade script and never fails.
Works perfectly under GeForce 4 MX
Chainy.
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